KCETLink Receives Most Los Angeles Area Emmy Nominations
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Sweeps Culture/History, Director (Programming) and Composer Categories;
Original Series SOCAL CONNECTED and LOST LA Each Nominated For Six
(UPDATED June 18, 2018) Burbank, Calif. - June 13, 2018 - KCETLink Media Group, a leading national independent non-profit public broadcast and digital network, which includes both Southern California's KCET public television as well as the Link TV national satellite network, announced today that it has received 24 nominations for the 70th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards presented by the Los Angeles Television Academy, the most of any station in the region. The network's nominations for KCET Original programming include six for its acclaimed local news program SOCAL CONNECTED (including Best Informational Series) and six for its historical series, LOST LA, (produced in conjunction with the USC Libraries).
Other KCET Originals receiving nominations include four for CITY RISING, (in partnership with the California Endowment), three for THE MIGRANT KITCHEN (produced in partnership with acclaimed culinary publication Life & Thyme), two each for ARTBOUND (the multi-media arts and culture series) and TENDING THE WILD (produced in partnership with the Autry Museum of the American West) plus one for interview series TOWN HALL (in collaboration with Los Angeles' oldest and largest public speaker's forum Town Hall Los Angeles). Three of the categories – Culture/History, Director (Programming) and Composer (Creative Technical Crafts) are filled solely with KCETLink nominees – ensuring the station at least three Emmy® wins. The 2018 Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy® awards will be presented on Saturday, July 28 at the Saban Media Center at the Television Academy in North Hollywood.
The 70th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy® Award nominations for KCET include:
L.A. LOCAL COLOR
- THE MIGRANT KITCHEN – “Alta California”
Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Antonio Diaz, Producer; Stef Ferrari, Producer; Ben Hunter, Producer; Kelly Parker, Producer
CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES
- CITY RISING
Rita Baghdadi, Producer; Justin Cram, Producer; Matthew Crotty, Co-Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Kelly Parker, Producer; Jeremiah Hammerling, Producer
CULTURE/HISTORY
- LOST LA - “Borderlands”
Giulia Caruso, Producer; Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Bill Dotson, Co-Producer; Logan Kibens, Producer; Ki Jin Kim, Producer; Nathan Masters, Host, Producer; Hugh McHarg, Executive Producer; Zoe Montano, Associate Producer; Kelly Parker, Producer; Catherine Quinlan, Executive Producer
- TENDING THE WILD
Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Stacy Lieberman, Executive Producer; Zoe Montano, Associate Producer; Laura Purdy, Producer; Austin Simons, Producer
INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50% REMOTE)
- SOCAL CONNECTED
Vince Beiser, Reporter; Linda Burns, Senior Producer; Dina Demetrius, Producer; Deepa Fernandes, Reporter; Karen Foshay, Executive Producer; Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer; Kathryn Keeney Jaeger, Producer; Nic Cha Kim, Reporter; George Lavender, Reporter; Robert J. McDonnell, Supervising Producer; Dennis Nobuya Nishi, Segment Producer; Marie Targonski-O'Brien, Associate Producer; Stephanie O'Neill, Reporter; Lata Pandya, Producer; Val Zavala, Anchor, Producer, Reporter
INFORMATIONAL SERIES (MORE THAN 50% STUDIO)
- TOWN HALL
Erin Bartnik Ball, Associate Producer; Angela Boisvert, Producer; Karen Foshay, Executive Producer; Kathy Kasaba, Supervising Producer; Al Rodriguez, Senior Producer; Val Zavala, Host
FEATURE SEGMENT
- SOCAL CONNECTED – “Cleantech Incubator Is Growing L.A.'s Green Economy”
Cara Santa Maria, Reporter
- LOST LA – “The Green Book”
Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Bill Dotson, Segment Producer; Nathan Masters, Host, Producer; Hugh McHarg, Executive Producer; Zoe Montano, Associate Producer; Kelly Parker, Producer; Catherine Quinlan, Executive Producer
- SOCAL CONNECTED - “Super Soil: This Could Be the Healthiest Farm in California”
Michael Bloecher, Editor; Lata Pandya, Producer; Val Zavala, Reporter
- LOST LA – “When Women Called The Shots: The Forgotten Story of Early Hollywood's Female Filmmakers”
Giulia Caruso, Producer; Matthew Crotty, Producer; Juan Devis, Executive Producer; Bill Dotson, Segment Producer; Nathan Masters, Host, Producer; Hugh McHarg, Executive Producer; Zoe Montano, Associate Producer, Kelly Parker, Producer; Catherine Quinlan, Executive Producer
INFORMATION SEGMENT
- SOCAL CONNECTED – “Landfill Fight”
Nic Cha Kim, Reporter
- SOCAL CONNECTED – “The Price of Freedom”
Karen Foshay, Producer; George Lavender, Reporter
- SOCAL CONNECTED – “Where's Nancy?”
Alberto Arce, Editor; Stephanie O'Neill, Reporter; Lata Pandya, Producer
SHORT PROMO –NEWS/
- CITY RISING Launch Promo
Dudley Saunders, Producer
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – PROGRAMMING
Antonio Diaz, THE MIGRANT KITCHEN
Logan Kibens, LOST LA
Ki Jin Kim, Director LOST LA
Charles Otte, ARTBOUND – “Vireo”
Christopher Stoudt, LOST LA
OUTSTANDING EDITOR – PROGRAMMING
- Hyunsoo Moon, CITY RISING
CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS - COMPOSER
- Lisa Bielawa, ARTBOUND – “Vireo”
- Timo Chen, CITY RISING
- Jose Alejandro Parody, THE MIGRANT KITCHEN
CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS – SOUND MIXER
- Steve Bucino, TENDING THE WILD
*KCET is expected to merge with PBS SoCal, subject to regulatory approvals, by mid-2018.
ABOUT KCETLINK MEDIA GROUP KCETLink Media Group is an award-winning national independent, nonprofit, digital, and broadcast network that provides high-quality, culturally diverse programming designed to engage the public in innovative, entertaining, and transformative ways. A viewer-supported 501(c)(3) organization, KCETLink is financially strong with $51 million in endowments that include a board-directed endowment funded by $65 million in proceeds from participation in the FCC Spectrum auction, and two additional endowments funded by recent gifts. With a commitment to independent perspectives, smart global entertainment, local communities, and opportunities for engagement and social action, KCETLink depicts people and the world through a lens seldom available in conventional American media. In 2017, KCET launched 140 hours of original programming and experienced 25% higher viewership over the previous year. KCETLink content is distributed nationally on Link TV via satellite on DIRECTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410 and on KCET in Southern and Central California via broadcast and cable, as well as through digital delivery systems including Apple TV, Amazon, and Roku. For more information please visit http://www.kcet.org/apps and https://www.linktv.org/about/apps. Total video views across KCETLink’s own websites and OTT platforms grew 94% in 2017 over 2016. For additional information about KCET and Link TV productions, web-exclusive content, programming schedules and community events, please visit kcet.org or linktv.org.
